Fishing Bay Island, residential area.
Seeing Ye Yuan come in.
Yu Hongbo, who was packing up his daily necessities, stopped what he was doing and looked at Ye Yuan with a smile.
"Not staying home for a few more days?"
"Don't even mention it. Because of Da Bai, my parents have gone to hide at my sister's place.
My sister's place was already cramped enough, and now there'd be me too...
Forget it."
Ye Yuan shook his head with a bitter smile.
When I got back, Li Hui told me about it. There was nothing we could do. This was the information age now.
As long as there was news somewhere, people swarmed over. Ordinary people were one thing, but those influencers were especially annoying.
Today, I even saw a boat circling outside our island.
I've already spoken to the security guys.
They'll be more vigilant lately, in case some people try to come onto the island during the New Year."
Yu Hongbo told Ye Yuan about his arrangements.
"Mm, you don't need to worry about that. I can handle it.
Go home and spend time with your wife and child.
You only go back twice a year. I'm starting to feel a little embarrassed about it."
Ye Yuan knew about Yu Hongbo's family situation.
Yu Hongbo had retired early, so his child was already five years old.
"Everything's fine at home. When my wife heard I could bring back one million this time, she got so excited over the phone."
Thinking of how excited his wife had been on the other end of the line when he told her about the amount of his year-end bonus.
Even Old Yu, who was usually stern and reserved, could not help revealing a simple, foolish grin.
"Old Yu, take this back for